The online lenders use loopholes in the law to offer short-term loans with interest rates as high as 500 percent. And while the loans don't come through the big banks, like JPMorgan, the lenders have been able to automatically tap into borrowers' bank accounts, to get repayment.

After much criticism, JPMorgan is announcing today that it "will give customers whose bank accounts are tapped by the online payday lenders more power to halt withdrawals and close their accounts," the Times reports.

And JPMorgan will also "limit the fees it charges customers when the withdrawals set off penalties for returned payments or insufficient funds," the story said.

Wells Fargo and Bank of America said they are not changing their policies, but the story says they often follow JPMorgan on such changes.